My friend (man) e-mailed me to let me (woman) know that he would like to "have dinner" with me. Why did he use quotations marks? Did he want to let me know that he just want to have dinner? Did he mean something else? We are both 34 years-old, married and don't have a flirtatious relationship.
2006-08-08 15:02:00 · 17 answers · asked by neighbor 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
Typing quotation marks around something means that something else is implied in the phrase. "Have Dinner" in quotes would be implying a date, perhaps more. Given that it's used as sarcasm or humorous irony I wouldn't loose sleep over it. He's just being flirty not making any kind of statement.
2006-08-08 15:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by W0LF 5 · 10⤊ 2⤋
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2016-03-27 04:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people use quotation marks for emphasis - that is totally incorrect grammatically, but people do it anyway. Or maybe he's implying that he'd like dinner to lead to something else so "dinner" is shorthand for much more than just a meal. If your relationship doesn't suggest that he is making such a suggestion, he probably, however, is just using the quotation marks for emphasis. Poor punctuation, but he might be all right as a friend anyway.
2006-08-08 15:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by Maple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an odd one. Being as you are both married and friends why would he use quotations. That seems unnecessary if all he wants is actually dinner. Talk to him about it and see if what he wants is you and your husband to come for dinner or if he wants you for dinner. Good luck with that, it may be a tricky one.
2006-08-08 15:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by ttti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like he wanted to ask if you wanted to have dinner with him. If you're married, and the significant others are not invited then I would say don't do it. It's just not right to be having dinner with another man - even if there's nothing going on.
2006-08-08 15:06:30 · answer #5 · answered by Gem-a-holic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well he may want to do jsut as he said and just put emphssis on it. It's possible that it may mean something else but I wouldn't jum pthe gun on that one. If it's something you do all the time then whatever. If it's the first time he said that and your a little uncomfortable, amybe you'd liek to suggest that you each include your spouses and make it a nice get together as a group.
2006-08-08 15:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally quotation marks mean you are quoting what someone else is saying. But I think in this case maybe it should be followed with a wink and a nudge. Or maybe he dosn't know what they mean at all.
2006-08-08 15:07:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's definately not a "flirtatious relationship", sound like it might be an inside joke or pun of sorts.
Maybe he just wants to talk about something...?
2006-08-08 15:05:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a combination of wanting to have dinner with you, wanting to write that line as dialogue in a story, and quoting someone.
2006-08-08 15:05:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have dinner, and if he makes a move on you put him in his place.
2006-08-08 15:07:08 · answer #10 · answered by CLM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋